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DNA Research
Findings from M.P. Galiotte and co-authors broaden understanding of DNA research
December 20th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Sao Paulo, Brazil conducted a study "To evaluate the genotoxic risk to hairdressers exposed daily to chemical substances such as hair dyes, waving and straightening preparations and manicurists' products by the Comet assay test (single-cell gel electrophoresis). The Comet assay was performed on blood samples from 69 female hairdressers (36.4 +/- 10.7 years old) currently employed in 21 different beauty institutes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and on 55 female control blood donors (32.6 +/- 10.0 years old) from the Sao Paulo University Clinical Hospital blood bank." "All the control subjects had occupations other than hairdresser. Comet...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-12-20)
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